Haiti police raid gang leader Barbecue's stronghold in capital
Chérizier, aged 47, is the feared leader of Viv Ansam (Live Together), a coalition of gangs that control much of the city. It is not clear whether Kenyan police officers deployed in Haiti last year to help fight the gangs are involved in the security operation.Last week, a Kenyan police officer - who was on patrol with the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission - was killed in a confrontation with gang members.The men fighting gang leader Barbecue for power in HaitiOn patrol with Kenyan forces inside Haiti's gang warzoneGang control in Port-au-Prince has led to an almost complete breakdown of law and order, the collapse of health services and emergence of a food security crisis.More than 5,500 people were killed in gang-related violence in the Caribbean nation in 2024 and more than a million people have fled their homes.Haiti's transitional presidential council, the body created to re-establish democratic order, has made little progress towards organising long-delayed elections.
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